You and two loved ones are on a walk through the forest. Your two companions fall into a pit of poisonous vipers. You have enough anti-venom to save only one; the other will certainly die. What would you do? Now - assume it’s your two children at risk.
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Very hard, I think I would give away the dilamma of choosing and save the one that lies closer to me.
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Save the one I loved the most.
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It would be an impossible choice. I would probably jump into the pit with them and we would all be together for whatever is next.
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Don't really know. Probably save one of them and be upset about it the rest of my life, to one degree or another.
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How about, inject yourself, jump in and kill all the vipers before they had a chance to bite either of the children.
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What a difficult question? I suppose I would have to choose the one I loved the most but agree with the earlier poster that I would live the rest of my life wracked with guilt about the one I let die.
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I would jump in - we would die together
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I'd pick one and do it. Better that than dither endlessly and watch them both die. That's the tragedy of true leadership. Sometimes you have to make a choice between a crappy choice and a crappier choice.
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I'd give them each 1/2 of the anti-venom, letting them live long enough to get medical attention and save both of them.
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I think there will be plenty of time to stroll back to where we started and drive to the hospital. Moderate or severe pit viper poisoning commonly causes bruising of the skin 3 to 6 hours after the bite. The skin around the bite appears tight and discolored. Blisters, often filled with blood, may form in the bite area. Without treatment, tissue around the bite may be destroyed. The gums may bleed, and blood may appear in the person's vomit, stools, and urine.
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I would try to get them out of the pit quickly. I would give the anti venom to my child after I knew they had been bit. Maybe neither one was bitten, in that case I would sell the anti venom on ebay and buy somehting that I could sell in a garage sale for half the price I paid.
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In teh case of companions, the one that was more important to their children or other dependents. If that is more or less equal, my answer would be the same as with the children. I would save the one I thought would best be able to handle the survivor's guilt. Then I would agonize my decision in hindsight for the rest of my life.
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The stronger of the two. Same for any children, but not before getting both out, no ones going to die in a pit on my watch.
Scotslass 
Moongrim 
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